The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment

Factor structure of the French version of the Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS) in non-clinical young adults

“…Several clinical scales have been developed to detect and identify mental disorders [1,2]. The development of these scales is also essential in order to detect high-risk individuals as soon as possible so that intervention is not delayed and the likelihood that patients will receive appropriate treatment and therapeutic care is increased [3,4].…”

The Ohio Scales Youth Form: Expansion and Validation of a Self-Report Outcome Measure for Young Children

“…However, this area requires even further expansion and future research in order to achieve the certainty already accomplished by the field of adult outcomes assessment (Maruish 2004;Pratt and Moreland 1996). One suggestion for future research is to examine the collaboration between self and peer reports among young children, which may offer insight into how children might use their perception of others' behaviors to judge their own behavioral and emotional states.…”

“…The impact of the outcome assessment movement is varied, however, as the field of children's mental health has lagged behind that of adult mental health (Maruish 2004;Pratt and Moreland 1996). Not only have fewer outcome studies been conducted with children, but also fewer psychometrically sound outcome measures are available for use with children.…”

The Hoosier Assurance Plan Instrument for Adults (HAPI-A): The Psychometric Properties of a Level of Functioning Assessment Instrument Designed for Use in a State Managed Care Mental Health Program

“…The advisory board reviewed several candidate level of functioning instruments, as well as published reviews of instruments (e.g., Ciarlo et al, 1986;Maruish, 1994;Dickerson, 1997), to determine if any met the criteria developed. Among others, the panel considered the use of the Multnomah Community Ability Scale (Barker, Barron, & McFarlane, 1994), the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS: Eisen, Dill, & Grob, 1994), the Life Skills Profile (Rosen, Hadzi-Pavlovic, & Parker, 1989), the Social Behavior Scale (Wykes & Sturt, 1986), the COMPASS Mental Health Index (Sperry, Brill, Howard, & Grissan, 1996), the Multifunction Needs Assessment (Weiner, 1993), and the Colorado Client Assessment Record (Ellis, Wackwitz, & Foster, 1991).…”